Iowa State and Kansas State, which both replaced head coaches in the past week, declined to play in bowl games. It was a costly decision. The Big 12 has issued a $500,000 institutional fine to the schools for opting out of their participation in the league’s bowl pool. The Big 12 wrote in ...

Football teams are often only as good as the play of their quarterback, and that was certainly the case for BYU this season, and particularly during the Cougar's two decided losses at the hands of Texas Tech. Is it fair? Not really, as the quarterback is just one of 22 position players that ...

Here’s what’s going on inside Darnell’s head after my first experience covering Championship Saturday since 1998. I was actually still a stringer at the Daily Herald when BYU took on Air Force in the WAC Championship Game that season. I was finally hired full time in October later that ...

Daily Herald writers Darnell Dickson, Brandon Gurney and Brian E. Preece rank the top five Utah Valley teams in boys basketball, girls basketball, boys wrestling and girls wrestling for the week of Dec. 8. BOYS BASKETBALL 1. Timpview 5-0 The Thunderbirds keep rolling, led by leading scorer ...

As BYU coach Kalani Sitake took to the podium after his team's 34-7 pounding at the hands of Texas Tech during Saturday's Big 12 Conference Championship, he seemed to have a message he was intent on conveying. But considering his team's woeful overall performance, for the second time in a ...

BYU football beat reporter Brandon Gurney gives his grades for the Cougars' position groups and coaches for Saturday's 34-7 loss to Texas Tech in the Big 12 Conference Championship Game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Quarterback: D There's no question that this was Bear ...